~India will tackle Australia of their third FIH Professional League Match on Thursday~
Bhubaneswar, 14th February 2024: The Indian Males’s Hockey Group will look to proceed their profitable momentum once they tackle Australia of their third match of FIH Professional League 2023/24 at Kalinga Hockey Stadium, Bhubaneswar on Thursday.
They began their season with a 4-1 win over Spain and registered an exciting 2 – 2 (4 – 2 SO) shootout win towards the defending Champions the Netherlands of their first two matches of the FIH Hockey Professional League 2023/24.
Reflecting on the efficiency to date, Indian Males’s Hockey Group Chief Coach Craig Fulton stated, “It’s been an excellent efficiency so removed from the crew, however there’s rather a lot to enhance, and we try to take advantage of out of those matches. Taking part in back-to-back matches towards prime groups is all the time robust, however we received an excellent break to get better and now the main focus is on the final two video games of the Bhubaneswar leg.”
Australia, alternatively, have registered two wins in two matches to date in Bhubaneswar. They started their marketing campaign with a 4-3 win towards Spain and defeated Eire 5-0 of their second match.
The final time India and Australia confronted one another was through the earlier version of the FIH Hockey Professional League in Rourkela. It was India that received higher of the Aussies, having registered a 5-4 win and a 2-2 (4 – 3 SO) shootout win within the two-legged tie.
Fulton added, “It’s absolutely going to be a troublesome match. They’re coming off strong back-to-back wins. For us, there have been a couple of learnings from the primary two video games, and our focus might be to enhance and higher our efficiency. We’re up for the problem and look to maintain the momentum going.”
India will then tackle Eire of their final match of the Bhubaneswar leg on Friday earlier than shifting to Rourkela for the return fixtures.
India will face Australia of their third match on Thursday, fifteenth February at 1930 hrs IST.
All matches of the FIH Hockey Professional League 2023/24 might be streamed on JioCinema, moreover, all India matches might be telecast on Sports18 – Khel.
